Wednesday, December 7, 2016

IWSG & Career Goals

Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!

And we’re revving up IWSG Day to make it more fun and interactive! Every month, we'll announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG Day post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.

December's IWSG Questions: In terms of your writing career, where do you see yourself five years from now, and what’s your plan to get there?This is the toughest question yet!I'm not a great planner, but I am a great dreamer. So, let's see. In five years, I hope to have 3-5 novels out in my Bloo Moose series. I hope to be starting in on another series while continuing to add to Bloo Moose.How am I going to get there?Lots and lots of hard work! I've learned a ton since September (thanks to the amazing people I've encountered via a PitchWars contest) and I think this may finally be a doable goal. I'm still learning and have a ways to go, but I finally feel like that goal is within reach.How about you? Are you more of a planner or a dreamer? Where do you hope to be?

Jemi, I've always been a dreamer but recently have gotten pretty darn good at planning. It really takes both to make a lot of progress and see results so the detail portion of planning is working well for me.

I guess I'm a planner AND a dreamer. Hard to say where I'll be in 5 years. I took an unexpected turn into corporate writing and am quite enjoying that right now. I just try to keep my mind open to whatever pops up! (So maybe I'm more of a dreamer....)